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1492: An Ongoing Voyage - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/
This Library of Congress exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600. |
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RV Polarstern - http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/ships/polarstern/
This 17,300 ton polar icebreaker is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany's leading institute for polar and marine research. |
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Amistad Links - http://www.amistad.org/
A listing of links to pages about the history of the Amistad. |
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SS Great Britain - http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/
The complete website for the history and restoration of the SS Great Britain held at Bristol Dock in England, updated regularly with progress reports on the restoration project. |
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Flagship Portsmouth Museum - http://www.flagship.org.uk/
Home of three historic British warships: Henry VII's doomed flagship Mary Rose, Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, and the world's first iron battleship, HMS Warrior. Site also provides additional information about the Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations. |
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Cutty Sark - http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/
Fastest and greatest of the old Tea Clippers - at Greenwich. A living testimony to the bygone, glorious days of sail. |
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USS Arizona BB-39 - http://www.ibiblio.org/phha/arizona/
History, technical pages, galleries, and resources. |
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Matthew Site Home Page - http://www.matthew.co.uk/
A reconstruction of John Cabot's famous ship and its journey to Newfoundland 500 years ago. Visit Matthew Online. Includes as shop, a gallery, history and information. |
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Tall Ship Picton Castle - http://www.picton-castle.com/
180 foot three-masted barque. Homeport is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Member American Sail Training Association. |
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Internet Naval History - http://www.naval-history.net/
Internet Naval History including World War's 1 and 2, and the Falklands. |
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Maritime History Course - http://www.tallshiprose.org/
Two week maritime history course taught at sea aboard the Tall Ship Rose, a coast guard certified replica of an 18th century Royal Navy Frigate. |
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The Carferries of Ludington - http://www.carferries.com/
History and photos of the Pere Marquette/C and O car ferry fleets as well as the Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk. |
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MV Kalakala - http://www.kalakala.org/
Puget Sound ferry launched in 1935. Designed and built in the art deco "streamlined" style. An organization rescued the vessel which was being used as a cannery in Kodiak, Alaska. |
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Dunbrody & The Spirit of Ireland - http://www.dunbrody.com/
The reconstruction of a three masted barque. |
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Enterprize: Melbournes Tall Ship - http://www.enterprize.com.au/
Presents the organization, history, gallery, captain's logs, and ship's store. |
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The Schooner Yacht Coronet - http://www.yachtcoronet.org
The 133-foot schooner (1885), and includes news, history, restoration information, and gallery. |
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Trois-māts Belem - http://3mats.net/
Dedicated to the history of the French three master barque Belem (1896). |
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35): 1932-1945 - http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/ca35.htm
Information and images of selected views. |
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S.S. City of Milwaukee - http://www.carferry.com/
Last traditional Great Lakes railroad car ferry permanently moored as a museum in Manistee, Michigan. Official site of the Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee. |
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North River Historic Ship Society - http://www.nrhss.org/
Information on this group dedicated to the protection, preservation and promotion of historic vessels in New York harbor. Includes ship histories and pictures. |
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SS Milwaukee Clipper - http://www.milwaukeeclipper.com/
A 1905 ferry which travelled the Wisconsin - Michigan route |
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Modern Ship Sizes - The Tiny Titanic - http://www.rpsoft2000.com/shipsize.htm
Compares ship sizes beginning with the Titanic to other ocean liners, some warships, and the giant tankers up to the largest ships afloat today. |
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T2 Tanker Page - http://www.t2tanker.org/
T2 Tanker names, builders, and types. |
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Great White Fleet Organization - http://www.greatwhitefleet.org/
Information about the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet, nicknamed the Great White Fleet, which in 1907 embarked on a journey to circumnavigate the globe. |
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MV Le Bon Temps Roule - http://www.lebontempsroule.org/
Restored 1930 Wooden Commuter Yacht used by the Corps of Engineers during WWII. Now crusing the Tchefuncte River - Raising Money for Charity. Homeport: Madisonville, Louisiana. |
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Great Lakes History Homepage - http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/home.html
Great Lakes maritime history, with an emphasis in shipwrecks. Includes a database of over 4,400 Great Lakes shipwrecks. |
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HMS Detroit - http://www.x5ca.net/~hmsdet/
constructing a full size replica of the HMS Detroit which led Commodore Robert Hariot Barclay's Fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie. |
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Duivendijk Shipping Pages - http://www.duivendijk.net/
Photographs of commercial ships, tugs, fishing vessels, and warships from all over the world. |
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Ship Eastland - http://www.inficad.com/~ksup/
On Saturday, July 24, 1915, the passenger ship Eastland, docked in downtown Chicago, unexpectedly "tipped over", spilling passengers into the river and trapping others underwater. |
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A Maritime Anthology - http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/
An eclectic collection of various ocean liners and sundry historic vessels from the remotest of nations. |
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Floating Dry Dock - http://floatingdrydock.com/
Photos, drawings, plans and model kits of US warships past and present. Order products online. |
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Tall Ship La France - http://www.grand-voilier.com/
When construction is finished, this ship will be the largest of the worlds operating tall ships. A replica of a 1911 five-masted barque. Plans are to use the ship as a sail training ship and goodwill ambassador. |
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Ships of the last millenium - http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_51.html
Evolution of shipbuilding including Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, the Middle Ages, and the 20th century. |
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The HMS Cavalier Association - http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk
A site dedicated to the preservation of the ship HMS Cavalier. |
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Edwin Fox - http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-irrgang.htm
Information on the efforts to relocate and restore the Edwin Fox, an 1853 Eastindiaman Immigrant and convict ship. |
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Liberty Ships - http://www.fiu.edu/~thompsop/liberty/liberty1.html
A master-list of their names. |
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S.S. Australis - http://www.ssaustralishomepage.co.uk
The history of the Australis; including a picture gallery, Captain and crew section and the story of Chandris lines. |
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A. C. de Freitas & Co. - http://members.iinet.net.au/~lintzer1/defreitas/index-en.html
History of the de Freitas trading and shipping company in Hamburg. |
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The Nancy Blackett Trust - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ijacobson/nbt/
Educational charity preserving the historic yacht Nancy Blackett, once owned by the famous author Arthur Ransome. |
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USS Harvest Moon - http://members.aol.com/waltesmith/hmhome.htm
Historical information on the ship including specifications, personnel, logs, photos and paintings. Also home to the Harvest Moon Historical Society. |
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SS Canberra - The Crow's Nest - http://www.sscanberra.com/
The retired P and O liner SS Canberra, and her home port of Southampton. |
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President Warfield - http://www.presidentwarfield.com/
Information about the steamship President Warfield which, renamed Exodus 1947, attempted to deliver Jewish refugees to Palestine in 1947. |
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Pamir memorial - http://pamir.chez-alice.fr/
Devoted to the memory of the german four-masted barque Pamir and her seamen. English, french and german versions. |
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Star of the West - http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/StarOfTheWest.html
The side-wheel merchant steamer running between New York and New Orleans. |
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Wilhelm Gustloff - http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com
Comprehensive information on the deadliest ship disaster in history and surrounding events, and includes galleries, stories, and resources. |
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Ancient Egyptian ships and boats - http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/navigation.htm
The development of Egyptian vessels in pharaonic times |
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The Loss of the Fantome - http://www.fortogden.com/fantommiamiherald.html
A description of the events surrounding the loss of the sailing vessel, Fantome, during Hurricane Mitch,in October 1998. |
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MS Estonia 1994-09-28 - http://www.kolumbus.fi/estonia/
Presents events leading to the disaster with data, statistics, final report, and videos. |
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SS Great Eastern - http://arnygrimbear.de/GREATEASTERNGB.htm
Describes the launching and subsequent history of the largest ship of its time. Designed by Brunel and originally named SS Leviathan. |
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The T.S.S. Nea Hellas - http://members.aol.com/neahellas/nea_ellas.html
A narrative and photo history of a passenger ship that had three incarnations.The first as the T.S.S. Tuscania (1922-1939); the second as the T.S.S. Nea Hellas (1939-1955); and the third as the T.S.S. New York (1955-1961) |
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Sound of Jura - http://glennmci.brinkster.net/soj/soj.html
Provides historical information about the boat and the South African company that owned it from 1911 to 1919. |
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SS Carare: Elders & Fyffes - http://www.ilfsac.org.uk/carare.php
Presents information on the banana boat of 6878 tons sunk May 28, 1940 off Foreland Point near Lynmouth, Devon with images. |
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Friends of HMS Vengeance - http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/vengeance
Campaign to save the last British-built WW2 aircraft carrier from scrapping |
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Steamboat Rowena - http://www.steamboatrowena.com/
An up-todate research on the Steamboat Rowena of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, U.S.A. early 1900's complete with pictures. Safe for Kids, Educational. |
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USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45) - http://www.geocities.com/usstuscaloosa/
Images, history, guns and seaplanes information, crew locator, and glossary. |
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RMS Remuera - http://www.100megsfree3.com/glaw/remuera/index.htm
The New Zealand Steam Ship Co vessel Remuera, 1911-1940. |
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Great Lakes Ship History - http://www.geocities.com/svandenbosch/
Photographs of past and present, information ships, shipbuilding history, and lighthouse photographs. |
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Convoy OS.33 - http://www.mhold.eclipse.co.uk/os33/
An in-depth account of the events surrounding Convoy OS.33 in 1942 including its organization, the merchant fleet, the escorts, and the wolf pack that attacked it. |
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USS Pennsylvania BB-38 - http://www.usspennsylvania.com/WarHistory.htm
Log book and awards. |
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SS Golden Gate - http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~ssgoldengate/
An account of the sinking of the SS Golden Gate off Manzanillo, Mexico on 27 July 1862, including a list of 338 passengers who were among the dead or the survivors. |